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The unexpected negative effects of pay transparency

The unexpected negative effects of pay transparency

Nov 27, 2023 / 2:55 pm

Pay transparency laws are coming to Ontario, and while studies show that such requirements reduce income inequities, their implementation can also bring some...

Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know

Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Here's what you need to know

Nov 27, 2023 / 12:16 pm

Have a Google account you haven't used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week. Under...

Black Friday sales hit $4.1 billion, top last year's numbers: Shopify

Black Friday sales hit $4.1 billion, top last year's numbers: Shopify

Nov 27, 2023 / 7:30 am

Shopify Inc. says this year's Black Friday sales across its merchants were 22 per cent higher than the year before. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company says...

Canada Goose execs take on sales associate jobs on Black Friday

Canada Goose execs take on sales associate jobs on Black Friday

Nov 27, 2023 / 7:26 am

Canada Goose Holdings Inc. executives are headed to work today with a better sense of how employees and customers view their brand. Fifteen of the luxury...

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say

Social media Nov 27, 2023 / 6:47 am

Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions...

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Nov 27, 2023 / 6:38 am

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: CRTC hearings The CRTC's public hearing on modernizing Canada's broadcasting...

Air Transat flight attendants OK strike mandate if new contract cannot be reached

Air Transat flight attendants OK strike mandate if new contract cannot be reached

Nov 27, 2023 / 6:36 am

The union representing 2,100 flight attendants at Air Transat says workers have voted to approve a strike if they cannot reach a new contract with the airline....

Paris mayor says she's quitting Elon Musk's 'global sewer' platform X as city gears up for Olympics

Paris mayor says she's quitting Elon Musk's 'global sewer' platform X as city gears up for Olympics

Nov 27, 2023 / 6:34 am

The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X, accusing Elon Musk 's platform previously known as Twitter of spreading disinformation...

Suncor restarts production at Terra Nova after work to extend life of project

Suncor restarts production at Terra Nova after work to extend life of project

Nov 27, 2023 / 6:32 am

Suncor Energy Inc. says it has restarted production at its Terra Nova production, storage and off-loading vessel. The company says the restart comes after...

Cyber Monday marks year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

Cyber Monday marks year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

Nov 27, 2023 / 6:23 am

Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-U.S. Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even...

Attackers release Israel-linked tanker seized off Yemen in third such assault in Israel-Hamas war

Attackers release Israel-linked tanker seized off Yemen in third such assault in Israel-Hamas war

Dubai Nov 26, 2023 / 5:22 pm

Attackers seized and later let go a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, authorities said. Yemen's internationally recognized...

Honda recalls select Accords and HR-Vs over missing piece in seat belt pretensioners

Honda recalls select Accords and HR-Vs over missing piece in seat belt pretensioners

Nov 25, 2023 / 11:30 am

Honda is recalling select 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles due to a missing piece in the front seat belt pretensioners, which could increase injury risks...

Putin to boost AI work in Russia to fight a Western monopoly he says is 'unacceptable and dangerous'

Putin to boost AI work in Russia to fight a Western monopoly he says is 'unacceptable and dangerous'

Nov 24, 2023 / 8:59 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday announced a plan to endorse a national strategy for the development of artificial intelligence, emphasizing that...

Oil and gas well drilling to pick up in 2024: Forecast

Oil and gas well drilling to pick up in 2024: Forecast

Nov 24, 2023 / 8:57 am

Canada's oil and gas well drilling sector says it expects modest growth in 2024. The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) says it expects...

Aerospace firms push back against Bombardier, tout upsides of a Boeing military deal

Aerospace firms push back against Bombardier, tout upsides of a Boeing military deal

Nov 24, 2023 / 8:56 am

Canadian aerospace companies are pushing back against the idea that a Bombardier Inc. contract win to replace aging military patrol planes would be best for the...

Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike

Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 8:48 am

Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has asked for mediation to help bring an end to an eight-week long strike at its Vancouver refinery. The company says it has applied...

Statistics Canada says retail sales increase 0.6% to $$66.5 billion in September

Statistics Canada says retail sales increase 0.6% to $$66.5 billion in September

Nov 24, 2023 / 6:42 am

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.6 per cent to $66.5 billion in September led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers. The agency also says...

Ng says panel rules 'clearly in favour of Canada' in dairy imports dispute with U.S.

Ng says panel rules 'clearly in favour of Canada' in dairy imports dispute with U.S.

Nov 24, 2023 / 6:05 am

The federal government is cheering a big win in its ongoing dispute with the U.S. over access to Canada's dairy market. A settlement panel has rejected...

Inflation, longer sales season to weigh on shopping habits this Black Friday

Inflation, longer sales season to weigh on shopping habits this Black Friday

Nov 24, 2023 / 6:02 am

As scores of shoppers pack local malls to hunt for Black Friday deals, Dianne Debarros will be on the lookout for discounted toys and laptops her kids will soon...

Canadian film, TV workers eye return to 'changed world' after Hollywood strike

Canadian film, TV workers eye return to 'changed world' after Hollywood strike

Nov 24, 2023 / 5:59 am

After more than four months without work due to a historic Hollywood actors' strike, Canadian performer Kristian Bruun says it was a "euphoric...

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